And I’m really hacked off when that scolding comes from obliviously pretentious Older White Male Professors
Stopped reading here, because the piece is obviously racist.
If the author is trying to evoke a stereotype, say that explicitly. To say it this way, even if it's not meant, provides cover for actual racists (which are growing---see the "white privilege" movement).
"Racism" is properly defined as any view that implies that a person's ideas are determined by their race. See also Marxist class-ism, which is the same thing applied to economic class.
Rather, individuals are individuals, and they have free will. Nothing determines the content of a person's mind.
Consider reading the rest of the piece, there is some good content past where you stopped.
I think you understand what the author was trying to get at with the "White" comment, even if you weren't happy with how they phrased it. I think the author was trying to make a legitimate point about privilege and perspective, but since racial privilege wasn't the main point of the piece they touched it only briefly.
An ironic response given that the author is himself white [1] and he also wrote, "The Case of the Missing Adjective: Writing and Choosing Whiteness" (http://www.thetattooedprof.com/archives/350).
[1] Since you question his mention of race, I also find it interesting that you didn't also question his mention of sex or age.
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Stopped reading here, because the piece is obviously racist.
If the author is trying to evoke a stereotype, say that explicitly. To say it this way, even if it's not meant, provides cover for actual racists (which are growing---see the "white privilege" movement).
"Racism" is properly defined as any view that implies that a person's ideas are determined by their race. See also Marxist class-ism, which is the same thing applied to economic class.
Rather, individuals are individuals, and they have free will. Nothing determines the content of a person's mind.
Consider reading the rest of the piece, there is some good content past where you stopped.
I think you understand what the author was trying to get at with the "White" comment, even if you weren't happy with how they phrased it. I think the author was trying to make a legitimate point about privilege and perspective, but since racial privilege wasn't the main point of the piece they touched it only briefly.
The author explicitly invoked a stereotype, as you requested. I'm not sure why you didn't read it that way.
It's even capitalized.
An ironic response given that the author is himself white [1] and he also wrote, "The Case of the Missing Adjective: Writing and Choosing Whiteness" (http://www.thetattooedprof.com/archives/350).
[1] Since you question his mention of race, I also find it interesting that you didn't also question his mention of sex or age.
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What does that mean? What is "the wheel"?
Don't take this as a sanction of the rest of your comment.